The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Izhkut and General Colonial pronunciations. English approximations are loose in some cases and are only intended to give a general idea of the pronunciation. For more information, see Help:IPA.
"SI" stands for Standard Izhkut while "GC" stands for General Colonial.[1]
| Consonants
|
| IPA |
Examples |
English approximations
|
| SI |
GC
|
| b |
abarm |
about
|
| ð |
d |
khrugid, Brigashed |
SI: then
GC: today
|
| d |
dul, ud |
today
|
| d͡ʒ |
drapuk |
SI: today
GC: gym
|
| f |
ɸ |
offlu, fliz |
SI: face
GC: phew!
|
| f |
fosh, mehef |
face
|
| k |
myok |
scan
|
| g |
leg', lege,
g', ge |
again
|
| l |
ɫ |
la, laid, lan |
SI: let
GC: feel, tell
|
| l |
ileiv, yalos |
let
|
| m |
misogra, ouzim |
mind
|
| n |
n |
ni, nir, neid |
kneel
|
| n̪ |
jënn, yojjun |
SI: month
GC: kneel
|
| ɲ |
nyalim |
canyon
|
| p |
pliedu, opler |
spouse
|
| ɾʷ |
ɹʷ |
erum |
SI: GA water, but labialised
GC: red
|
| ɾ |
ɹ |
drapuk, zre |
SI: GA water
GC: rinse
|
| ɾʲ |
hegrij, Brigashed |
SI: GA water, but palatalised
GC: rinse
|
| s |
slai, uos |
sting
|
| z |
z |
biloz, uzus |
zebra
|
| ʒ |
hemzin,[2] uozim |
SI: zebra
GC: pleasure
|
| ʒ |
izhkut, Izhkutrëa |
pleasure
|
| ʃ |
reosh, Shahin |
shin
|
| t |
tisun |
stop
|
| h |
h |
hils, lihim |
high
|
| x |
khrugid, vlokh |
SI: Scottish loch
GC: high
|
| ç
|
ohl/ochl, mehlod |
SI: Scottish loch
GC: hue
|
| v |
β |
mevlei, vlokh |
SI: visor
GC: between baby and bevy
|
| v |
vusun, yovë |
visor
|
| ɟ |
d͡ʒ |
jënn, zaj, yojjun |
SI: roughly like RP due
GC: gym
|
|
- ^ And GameCube.
- ^ Often phonetically spelt hemzhin in General Colonial.
